The quotation marks or apostrophes are spelling signs that we can use when we copy verbatim a sentence or a paragraph, it is used at the beginning and at the end of this writing. If you are going to use these signs on your Mac, you should know that there are some methods that you can use either with a laptop or with a desktop computer.
If you have a Mac computer, you have to be clear that using quotes or apostrophes are different than when you use a computer with Windows operating system, that is, the steps to follow are different, this also depends on the work we are doing and even on the programs.
In addition there are the acclaimed keyboard shortcuts that are the combinations of the keys to make the task proposed in the use of quotation marks or apostrophes faster and easier.
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- What is the way in which you can put the quotation marks with Mac if it is in Spanish?
- How to use the apostrophe on Mac if your keyboard is in English?
- What other commands should be used to put symbols on Mac?
- Using the combination ‘Option + Alt’
- Using the ‘Option + Alt + Shift’ keys
What is the way in which you can put the quotation marks with Mac if it is in Spanish?
To put the quotes on Mac if it is in Spanish, you must follow the following steps:
- You have to press Alt and at the same time the shift key or Shift AND the number eight to open the quotation mark.
- You must press Alt and at the same time the capital or Shiftkey and the number nine to close the quotation mark.
How to use the apostrophe on Mac if your keyboard is in English?
When the keyboard is in English and you want to use the apostrophe you just have to follow this procedure:
Go to the upper right part of your keyboard and next to the zero key you will get the apostrophe , press it once, write the quote and press it again without using any combination.
If you can’t find a way to use the check symbol or check mark, you just have to find it, copy it and paste it into your document. You can copy and paste from a Mac very easily.
What other commands should be used to put symbols on Mac?
If you are looking for other symbols, the most common that will serve you especially if you are an amateur mathematician, literary man or another person with any project that needs or requires a number of symbols, you can do it.
Using the combination ‘Option + Alt’
Using this combination of option + Alt put symbols on Mac:
- Alt + N you will get the tilde ~
- Alt + L you will get the at symbol @
- Alt + 7 you will get the vertical stripe symbol |
- Alt + 8 you will get the opening brace {
- Alt + 9 you will get the closing brace}
- Alt + G Copyright symbol
- Alt + 5 you will get the opening bracket [
- Alt + 6 you will get the closing bracket]
- Alt + E you will get the euro symbol €
- Alt + U + vowel you will get umlauts for vowels
- Alt + uppercase + 7 you will get the backslash \
- Alt + uppercase + ‘Latin opening quotation marks <<
- Alt + uppercase + closing latin quotes >>
- Alt + uppercase + B opening single Latin quote
- Alt + uppercase + N closing single Latin quote
Using the ‘Option + Alt + Shift’ keys
To put symbols on Mac:
You must search for a character or symbol by entering a frequently used word, phrase or symbol such as a parenthesis or a question mark or enter the code (U + 003F) in the search body and press the return key.
When introducing a character or symbol in the document, locate the insertion point in the document, in which you want the symbol to appear and press the symbol in the viewer, if the viewer is expanded, press twice on the symbol, when the Character viewer is expanded at the same time you can add multiple characters.
If you want to specify a symbol as a favorite, you must expand the viewer, choose a symbol and click on “Add to favorites” or move the symbol to “favorites” if it is in the sidebar.
You can also use: control + command + space bar, shows the character viewer where you can select emoji and other symbols.
